Answering this question may give you the courage you need to take the first step. Below are tools you can use to determine if you are morbidly obese and potentially a candidate for weight loss surgery.

There are several medically accepted criteria for defining morbid obesity. You are likely morbidly obese if you are:

More than 100 lbs. over your ideal body weight, or

Have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 40, or

Have a BMI of over 35 and are experiencing severe negative health effects, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, related to being severely overweight, or

Unable to achieve a healthy body weight for a sustained period of time, even through medically supervised dieting